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Is probably able to go into these hearings with a narrative thats set from the tens of thousands of documents and hundreds of witness interviews that they already have. even in these letters. and jackie was detailing them. we know what these five men would likely say if they were in front of the committee and actually complying with the subpoena request. we know why the committee wants to talk to them too. i do think, though, when youre talking about the power of the subpoena here, we talk about...

Mccarthy. lets bring in my colleague, nbc correspondent. what are you hearing? >> this news coming of mcmainy meeting with the committee. now making good on it and complying with the subpoena request. its an example of how the committee will continue to get insight on what was going on inside the white house on january 6th even as their records request remains tied up in claims of executive privilege from the former president. so its an example of how theyre still being able to get an insight in...

>> well, yasmin, i think its very important and brin is exactly right. just because you see steve bannon and other folks who defied subpoenas you are still bound by law and more than likely go to jail if you dont comply with the subpoena request from this committee or any committee so i think its in his best interest to testify but look, you covered this, the trump era for years and you know how close rudy giuliani has been with trump going not just back to the campaign but before that so i thin...

Theyre enforcing subpoenas. there are real legal implications, and i imagine seeing what happened to steve bannon is weighing heavily on his mind. >> its interesting because we have learned so much from document drops. mark meadows in particular, we learned a lot of what took place in the lead-up to january 6th and what took place in the hours on january 6th, text messages back and forth, so on and so forth, without even testimony. i spoke with barbara mcquade and she talked about the fact docum...

Talk. they talk to the committee and thats where they begin the conversations about what exactly an interview like this would look like. the big thing for rudy giuliani is he believes there are a number of areas that he may be familiar with that he believes fall under executive or attorney-client privilege. keep in mind he did serve as the presidents personal lawyer. however in the subpoena request, the committee specifically asks that they want to talk about his efforts to try to upend the elec...

Lets go from christmas shopping to a not so merry day. what happened on january 6th? >> yeah, the right hand turn there from the bad christmas shopping stories. january 6th select committee has subpoenaed the colonel about how to overturn the 2020 election results. thats according to a statement released yesterday by chairman bennie thompson. the subpoena request that he appear for a january 17 deposition and provide documents to the committee by january the 10th. "the washington post" reports t...

That he is not needed to follow through on their subpoena request, and he has a number of legal theories that he kind of throws at the wall here to try and compel the court to do so. among them claiming that the january 6th select committee doesnt have authority because of its partisan makeup and a number of other things. he also makes passing reference to executive privilege claims from the former president donald trump, but at the end of the day suggests that the committee just doesnt have the...

A alacrity. i was surprised by the lawsuit. i dont think it will do him any good. >> ryan nobles on capitol hill. >> reporter: there was a lot of news on the select committee. perhaps the most important and biggest news was bennie thompson did say the committee is prepared to move forward with the criminal contempt referral of the white house chief of staff mark meadows as soon as next week. now, this is despite the fact that meadows filed a lawsuit against the committee in d.c. district court o...

The january 6th select committee that he is not needed to follow through on their subpoena request, and he has a number of legal theories that he kind of throws at the wall here to try and compel the court to do so. among them claiming that the january 6th select committee doesnt have authority because of its partisan makeup and a number of other things. he also makes passing reference to executive privilege claims from the former president donald trump, but at the end of the day suggests that t...

That mr. clark had conversations with others in the federal government including members of congress regarding efforts to delegitimize, disrupt or overturn the election results in the weeks leading up to january 6th." now, clark stonewalled that subpoena request. he showed up. he didnt just blow them off like bannon. he showed up but he refused to answer substantive questions. and thats why the select committee is now moving forward to recommend finding him in contempt of congress. it is worth n...